Product Description

• Downtown Grand Piano is a grand piano instrument that captures the essence of the city’s ambience by processing urban recordings as convolution samples for the reverb. About the Piano The acoustic grand piano was sampled using a total of seven microphones placed in five distinct locations to capture the best of the piano. The microphone positions used are as follows: Bass: A condenser microphone placed near the bass strings. Hammers: Stereo condenser microphones positioned in front of the hammers. Main: Ribbon microphones arranged in stereo in front of the soundboard. Room: Condenser microphones positioned six feet away from the piano. Back: A condenser microphone placed behind the piano seat. Each microphone position has its own volume knob in the plugin. City Recordings To capture the sounds of the city
• ZAK Sound used a stereo recorder to capture various sounds such as airplanes
• squares
• public works
• motorcycles
• trains
• etc. From these recordings
• they selected the best samples to be used as convolution reverb
• ultimately creating a plugin that integrates the piano with the cityscape. In total there are 44 city samples that you can use as convolution reverb. Presets Downtown Grand Piano comes with 39 presets divided into the categories: ambient
• city-based
• and piano. You can also create your own categories and presets within the panel. The ambient presets were created by removing the dry piano signal and experimenting with the wet signal of the convolution reverb. The city-based presets were created by blending the piano and convolution reverb signals to generate a hybrid sound. And the piano presets were exclusively designed using the samples from the acoustic grand piano. Features Recorded at 44.1 kHz / 24 bit with seven microphones 6 gradual velocity layers for the piano Control for the piano’s hammer release The grand piano is made with 1800 samples 44 city sounds for convolution reverb 39 presets divided into three categories Saturation
• reverb
• stereo width
• limiter
• and delay effects. Customizable velocity curve Multi-band EQ
• XY filters
• lowpass
• and highpass System Requirements Windows Compatible with Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 (64 bit only) VST3 4GB RAM minimum (8GB RAM recommended) 2.8GB of free space macOS Compatible with macOS 10.11 or higher (native Apple Silicon support) VST3/AU 4GB RAM minimum (8GB RAM recommended) 2.8GB of free space Please Note: Arctic Spaces is used as the example. macOS 1. Download the .zip from your Plugin Boutique User Account 2. Extract and run the .pkg file 3. Click 'Continue' 4. Click 'Install' 5.  Click 'Close' 6. Open your DAW > Rescan plugins if necessary Your product is now activated and ready to use! Please Note: Sierras Atlas 2 is used as the example. PC 1. Download the .zip from your Plugin Boutique User Account. 2. Extract and run the .exe file. 3. Click 'I accept the agreement' > Click 'Next'. 4. Click 'Next'. 5. Click 'Next'. 6. Click 'Install'. 7. Click 'Finish'. Your product is now activated and ready to use!

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About the ZAK Sound Downtown Grand Piano

The ZAK Sound Downtown Grand Piano represents excellent craftsmanship in the Synth category.

Why Choose the ZAK Sound Downtown Grand Piano?

• •Authentic ZAK Sound craftsmanship and design
• •Versatile sound suitable for multiple musical genres
• •Professional build quality and reliable performance
• •Part of ZAK Sound's respected Synth lineup

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